Numeric events in Adobe Analytics

[andrew_leigh]

Hi,

I'm wondering how to set numeric events in an Adobe Analytics tag. Normally, you'd set event50=1234, and then include event50 in the event list. But how do we do it in Tealium iQ?

Thanks

[steve_lake]

Hi @andrew_leigh, 

I think this article answers your question:

https://community.tealiumiq.com/t5/Tags-and-Client-side/Adobe-Analytics-SiteCatalyst-Tag/ta-p/664

Thanks

Steve Lake

[andrew_leigh · Accepted solution]

Thanks Steve. Unfortunately there is not enough information in that post about Numeric Events specifically.

For anyone else looking for a solution, we got this back from Tealium support. Let's say that the source of the number you want to record is a JS variable called "sourceNumber" and the numeric event you want to set is event1. Leave the event unmapped in the Adobe Analytics tag and just add this in a JavaScript Code extension:

if (sourceNumber !== undefined) {
u.addEvent("event1","" + sourceNumber);
}

Remember to scope the JavaScript Code extension to the Adobe Analytics / SiteCatalyst tag.

[kathleen_jo]

Thank you for sharing @andrew_leigh. 

[brian_kranson]

@andrew_leigh

I see a small typepo in your code:

Just want to update in case anyone else is using your code as a reference.

if (typeof sourceNumber !== 'undefined') {
  u.addEvent("event1","" + sourceNumber);
}

//also this will work
if (typeof sourceNumber !== 'undefined') {
  u.addEvent("event1=" + sourceNumber);
}

// you can also pass in an array of strings
u.addEvent(["event1=10.50", "event2", "event3"]);